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Toxocara canis infection manifesting as cerebral vasculitis: a case report. 2022

Simela Chatzikonstantinou, and Konstantinos Polymeropoulos, and Alexia Stavrati, and Galaktion Konstantinidis, and Dimitrios Kazis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 3 Arsaki St, 57010, PefkaThessaloniki, Greece. melina.chatzik@gmail.com.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014120 Toxocariasis Infection by round worms of the genus TOXOCARA, usually found in wild and domesticated cats and dogs and foxes, except for the larvae, which may produce visceral and ocular larva migrans in man. Toxocariases
D017166 Toxocara canis A species of parasitic nematode found in the intestine of dogs. Lesions in the brain, liver, eye, kidney, and lung are caused by migrating larvae. In humans, these larvae do not follow normal patterns and may produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL). Toxocara cani,canis, Toxocara
D020293 Vasculitis, Central Nervous System Inflammation of blood vessels within the central nervous system. Primary vasculitis is usually caused by autoimmune or idiopathic factors, while secondary vasculitis is caused by existing disease process. Clinical manifestations are highly variable but include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; behavioral alterations; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; and BRAIN INFARCTION. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp856-61) Angiitis, Central Nervous System,Central Nervous System Vasculitis,Cerebral Angiitis,Cerebral Vasculitis,Granulomatous Angiitis,Postzoster Arteritis,Primary CNS Vasculitis,Secondary CNS Vasculitis,CNS Vasculitis,Central Nervous System Angiitis,Granulomatous Arteritis,Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis,Vasculitis, CNS, Secondary,Angiitis, Cerebral,Angiitis, Granulomatous,Arteritis, Granulomatous,Arteritis, Postzoster,CNS Vasculitis, Primary,CNS Vasculitis, Secondary,Vasculitis, CNS,Vasculitis, Cerebral,Vasculitis, Primary CNS,Vasculitis, Secondary CNS

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